LEWES, Del. (WKRC) – A hotel guest allegedly approached a staff member and told them he murdered his grandmother “with his hands and feet” in one of the hotel rooms.
According to a release from the Delaware State Police, officers were called to the Hyatt House hotel at around 5:45 p.m. on January 29 after “a guest told hotel staff that he had killed his grandmother in one of the hotel rooms.”
The suspect, identified by police as 30-year-old Dempsey Fritchey, reportedly told police “that he may have killed his grandmother” when they arrived, the release read.
Fritchey’s 72-year-old grandmother was found unconscious in one of the rooms and had visible injuries to her face and head. As of the publication of the Delaware State Police’s release, the woman was still in the hospital but was alive.
“Detectives learned that while staying together in the hotel room, Fritchey, for unknown reasons, suddenly assaulted his grandmother with his hands and feet, and afterwards went to the lobby and told hotel staff about the incident,” the release read.
Fritchey was arrested and charged with first-degree felonious assault.